Or, welcome to my low-maintenance heck.

On the road, I was treated to a radio commercial (during Rush Limbaugh's show, no less) that boasted of the joys of giving "holiday" gifts. Grumble. Then, while browsing the aisles at Home Depot looking for some random parts, I'm greeted with this little nugget of joy:

Perfect for any Hanukkah Tree. (Click to zoom)

Enough is fricking enough. Nearly 99% of this country celebrates Christmas specifically. Whether it's the watered down Christmas-tree-and-Santa-Claus variety, or the more observant religious celebration, America by and large celebrates Christmas. Do we really have to edit the word out of every single advertisement we see, read, and hear around us?

I blame the spineless simps at large marketing firms for this totally unnecessary exercise in diversity, and I am going to make it a point to expose every last instance of this stupidity that I see until Christmas has finally arrived. Feel free to follow along on my adventure over on Flickr, and if you run across any "holiday" stupidity over your way, be sure to send it along.

Let's fight to put the "Christmas" back in the "holiday" season, folks. It's the walk of shame for any marketing firm or corporation that thinks they can edit Christmas out of our lives in silence.

It's a tough one here... Hannukah being the "Festival of Lights" makes this display quite appropriate for both holidays, and Hannukah occurring on the same week as Christmas this year means concurrent advertising for both is timely, too.